the last site is expensive shipping expect about 5$ a light to ship each one breaks on shipping happen at about 50 pounds ..meaning there are no shipping deals
True...... The V10R is still the ideal torch interms of thermal management! The emitter/star sits on the aluminium block which forms the heatsink fins and the fins are separate to the ring.
Regardless, you still make a good point, the SR3 isnt any better... The sheer size I guess is itself a helping factor.
Hoping mine come today or tomorrow. Seeing others get theirs before me is like being the last kid picked for teams in gym class. Who all got their's already?
I got mine, the cr123 version and i quite like it. Note of caution do not take it apart in hand otherwise youll end up searching for hours for the tiny magnet and the steel ball inder the selector.
Decently bright. It is a single mode multimode light. Can act both ways. Unfortunately a forward clicky was not present.
I received one of each (16350 and 18650) today. Being the hopeless nerd I am, the first thing I did was to take the pill apart to see what makes this thing tick. From a first glance, it seems to be direct drive, with brightness controlled by PWM via a FET (the B772 thingy). More interesting, judging by the pin-out, the MCU seems to be a PIC 12f..., which means, it could be reprogrammed (cue manic laughter).
As you can see from the picture, the driver PCB is quite large, larger than the 4x7135 driver I put next to it for comparison. The pill is quite deep, so there should be enough space to stuff in two of these babies, which could be controlled by bypassing the FET...
I think you all get where I'm going with this. Replace the Q5 with a well-driven XM-L, reprogram the MCU and you've got an insanely bright light with a kick-ass UI.
I'm excited ...i'm going to re-program my MCU ..when I get the stuff to do it with .. I just ordered my programmer it's in the mail . whoo hoo i love ebay
I got mine today, well, 3 of the 4 I ordered. The single order has not arrived yet. It does indeed have real hall effect control and they are surprisingly well built. Both sizes feel good in the hand and work very well. Threads are clean and anodizing looks even except for the head being a different shade than the body. The head is very thick walled.
All three emitters are a different tint with one being greenish, another purpleish and the 3rd cool white. The reflectors are smooth and very deep making for a small hotspot and pretty good throw. I am very impressed compared to what I was expecting. Now I just have to figure out how to take one apart to upgrade it to XM-L.